Counter display change tray



April 26, 193-8. M. RADIN ET AL COUNTER DISPLAY CHANGE TRAY Filed Aug. 20, 1936 5 MAX RAD'PN 4912A B {1M APPl-L 840M ATTO Patented Apr. 26, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Max Radin and Abraham Appelbaum, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application August 20,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined goods or article tray and coin chute.

As an aid to selling certain articles and in order to attractively display them, the invention contemplates the provision of a preferably inclined tray or box, having auxiliary article holding portions if desired, and combining said tray or box with a coin chute preferably positioned thereunder. said chute starting at a tray at the rear of the device and terminating at a coin receiving tray at the front thereof. A device of this type is particularly adapted for use at the cashiers desk of, for instance, a restaurant where the customer, receiving change through the chute, is attracted to articles which may be placed in the main tray and to toothpicks or the like in the auxiliary portions above mentioned. In addition, the device may be provided with display advertising means such as a placard. In this manner, there is provided a combination device suitable for many uses, being particularly adapted for use in retail shops, etc.

The invention, therefore, has for its primary object the provision of a combined device as herein contemplated, which is simple, inexpensive, and attractive.

Another important object is to provide a compact device occupying little space and yet affording easily accessible means for passing change from the seller to the buyer.

With the above and other objects, features and advantages in mind, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination as illustrated in the accompanying drawing which is described in detail in the following specification. Both the drawing and specification are intended to disclose the present contemplated form of the invention which may be varied within the skill of the designer of the device.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken, of a device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view as taken along the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

The device, which is preferably made of sheet metal but may be otherwise formed, as for instance, of stiff paper, comprises a tray or open box formed with a front wall 6, a rear wall 1, side walls 8, and a bottom 9. The walls 6 and l are preferably extended as at Ill and l l and these extensions are each provided with a crescentshaped opening respectively I! and IS. The latter is preferably larger than the former and a chute connection I4 is provided between these openings, said chute or passage becoming decreasingly smaller as it approaches the opening l2.

Both the tray 5 and the chute I4 are disposed at an incline, the former, for increased display purposes, and the latter, for facilitating the move- 1936, Serial N0. 96,960

merit of coins therealong. This is accomplished by extending the side walls 8 as at l5, said walls also serving to obscure the chute from casual view and lending an attractively mystic aspect to the device.

The rear wall I is provided with a shallow tray l6 into which coins may be dropped to find their way into the chute l4 and similarly, the front wall 6 may be provided with a shallow coin tray ll for collecting the coins which pass through said chute. The coins may either be dropped manually into the tray IE or be dropped from a change-making machine thereinto.

To each of the walls 8 may be fixed an auxiliary box or receptacle l8 which may also be filled with articles or goods as hereinbefore stated.

The wall I may be upwardly extended, but preferably a separate, or several separate panels 19 serving as display placards may be removably attached to the wall I as at 20. The panel 20, it may be noted, is set so as to substantially obscure the tray l6 when the device is viewed from the front, further enhancing the mysterious aspect previously mentioned.

It can be seen from the foregoing that a desirable device has been provided for the purposes intended. It is also apparent that the disclosed structure may be varied in size, proportion, and arrangement without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

We claim:-

1. A device of the character described comprising an article holding tray having a bottom wall, and a front and back wall, said latter walls being each formed with an opening, and a coin chute disposed beneath said bottom wall and extending between said openings.

2. A device of the character described comprising an article holding tray having a bottom wall and a front and back wall, said latter walls being each formed with an opening, a coin chute disposed beneath said bottom wall and extending between said openings, and a coin tray at each end of said chute and beyond said openings.

3. In combination, a display tray having a bottom wall and a rear wall, a display placard carried by said rear wall, a coin chute contiguous with said bottom wall, means for receiving coins for passage through the chute, and means for collecting said coins after said passage, said placard being positioned to obscure said coin receiving means from casual observance.

4. A device of the character described comprising an article holding tray having front and back walls, said walls each having an opening therein and a coin chute disposed beneath said tray and extending between and communicating the said openings.

MAX RADIN. ABRAHAM APPELBAUM. 

